Course: Speech 111: Public Speaking Teacher: Ameena Amdahl-Mason Duration: 1 term (.5 credit if taken for high school credit alone) Articulation: Achieving an A or B in will result in four college credits Textbook:Mastering Public Speaking (5th Edition), Boston: Allyn and Bacon
Course Description: This course is designed to teach students the essential steps in preparing and delivering oral messages. All methods of instruction in this course are intended to foster, practice, and improve the student’s public speaking ability. Through reading, listening, written work, discussion, brainstorming, research, reflection, and performance, students will be taught how to prepare and deliver several speeches. The end goal of class activities is to equip students with public speaking skills they may use in all walks of life. All North Clackamas School District graduation standards required speeches will be covered in this class.
Course Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the components of public speaking.
Prepare and perform speeches appropriate for public presentation.
Demonstrate critical listening skills.
Show familiarity with a variety of speaking genres.
Research speech topics and organize research into a variety of speech genres.
Understand their strengths and weaknesses in delivering speeches that will help them become better speakers.
Demonstrate critical listening skills when listening to other speeches by looking for the evidence to support claims made by the speakers.
Understand the difference between verbal and nonverbal communication and the impact of both within communication.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to do the following:
Identify the elements of the process of communication orally and in writing.
Focus, outline and organize oral messages for delivery.
Prepare and perform variety of speeches including, but not limited to, introductory, informative, and persuasive.
Research, differentiate, and select credible sources to support oral messages.
Discuss and effectively prepare different types of supporting materials, including Power Point presentations and visual displays.
Describe and use strategies to combat speaker anxiety.
Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend every class. If a student misses a class, it is his or her responsibility to ask for assignments and make up the work. Any missed tests or quizzes must be rescheduled within 24 hours of returning from an absence.
Expectations Regarding Written Work
All speeches must be typed. They should be in 12 point font, with 1 inch margins. Handwritten work will be accepted for daily assignments and outlines only. The following criteria apply to all speeches:
Topic must be appropriate to the listening audience.
Topic must be clearly developed with main ideas or points with sufficient supporting material.
Paper must be original and conform to the genre of the written assignment (i.e. persuasive, informative, etc.).
Paper must follow the guidelines set out in the assignment (i.e.: number of pages, date paper was due, type of topic, etc.).
Paper must fulfill fundamental structure requirements of written assignments such as identifiable introduction, body and conclusion.
Must use required number of source citations throughout paper.
Paper must be without grammatical errors, punctuation errors and/or word usage errors – No slang or jargon unless specific to assignment.
Paper must meet APA or MLA guidelines and standards and (when applicable) have a bibliography that meets same requirements. (Handouts explaining these guidelines will be distributed and discussed in class)
Students will have the opportunity to turn in drafts of their speeches for peer and teacher editing. However, ultimately it is the student’s responsibility to create a final product with a minimum of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Papers with more than 4 errors in any area will be returned, and must be resubmitted with corrections, in order to adhere to the Communication and Theater department’s policy regarding written literacy.
Speeches
Students will be given a grading rubric for each speech they will present. Generally, speeches will be graded on ideas and content, organization, delivery, and language. In addition, speeches must adhere to the guidelines regarding written work (see above).
Late Assignments
Late assignments will be marked down 50%; assignments will not be accepted more than 1 day late. Speeches will be marked down 25% if they are one day late, and 50% if two days late. Note that speeches will not be accepted more than 2 days late.
Grading rubric
Daily work = 15% (this includes outlines, in class assignments, study guides, etc.)
Speeches = 40% (there are 4 speeches, each will be worth 10%)
Tests = 35% (there will be 7 tests, each will be worth 5%)
Final = 10%
Course: Speech 111: Public Speaking
Teacher: Ameena Amdahl-Mason
Duration: 1 term (.5 credit if taken for high school credit alone)
Articulation: Achieving an A or B in will result in four college credits
Textbook: Mastering Public Speaking (5th Edition), Boston: Allyn and Bacon
Course Description: This course is designed to teach students the essential steps in preparing and delivering oral messages. All methods of instruction in this course are intended to foster, practice, and improve the student’s public speaking ability. Through reading, listening, written work, discussion, brainstorming, research, reflection, and performance, students will be taught how to prepare and deliver several speeches. The end goal of class activities is to equip students with public speaking skills they may use in all walks of life. All North Clackamas School District graduation standards required speeches will be covered in this class.
Course Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to do the following:
Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend every class. If a student misses a class, it is his or her responsibility to ask for assignments and make up the work. Any missed tests or quizzes must be rescheduled within 24 hours of returning from an absence.
Expectations Regarding Written Work
All speeches must be typed. They should be in 12 point font, with 1 inch margins. Handwritten work will be accepted for daily assignments and outlines only. The following criteria apply to all speeches:
- Topic must be appropriate to the listening audience.
- Topic must be clearly developed with main ideas or points with sufficient supporting material.
- Paper must be original and conform to the genre of the written assignment (i.e. persuasive, informative, etc.).
- Paper must follow the guidelines set out in the assignment (i.e.: number of pages, date paper was due, type of topic, etc.).
- Paper must fulfill fundamental structure requirements of written assignments such as identifiable introduction, body and conclusion.
- Must use required number of source citations throughout paper.
- Paper must be without grammatical errors, punctuation errors and/or word usage errors – No slang or jargon unless specific to assignment.
- Paper must meet APA or MLA guidelines and standards and (when applicable) have a bibliography that meets same requirements. (Handouts explaining these guidelines will be distributed and discussed in class)
Students will have the opportunity to turn in drafts of their speeches for peer and teacher editing. However, ultimately it is the student’s responsibility to create a final product with a minimum of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Papers with more than 4 errors in any area will be returned, and must be resubmitted with corrections, in order to adhere to the Communication and Theater department’s policy regarding written literacy.Speeches
Students will be given a grading rubric for each speech they will present. Generally, speeches will be graded on ideas and content, organization, delivery, and language. In addition, speeches must adhere to the guidelines regarding written work (see above).
Late Assignments
Late assignments will be marked down 50%; assignments will not be accepted more than 1 day late. Speeches will be marked down 25% if they are one day late, and 50% if two days late. Note that speeches will not be accepted more than 2 days late.
Grading rubric
Daily work = 15% (this includes outlines, in class assignments, study guides, etc.)
Speeches = 40% (there are 4 speeches, each will be worth 10%)
Tests = 35% (there will be 7 tests, each will be worth 5%)
Final = 10%
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